With security at the top of all our lists, the BellVue Appliance Linux OS can be updated and security patches applied. As of this writing all units will ship with Linux 7.3. In addition to this the hardware has also been updated.

2016 is going to be an exciting year!

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In order to support new and upcoming products, The BellVue Core product will be discontinuted. All existing BellVue Core customers will be contacted for an upgrade at no additional cost. BellVue and BellVue Connect will continue to be supported.

Existing customers, keep your eyes on your inbox for a link to update your BellVue for the MCS350 in the next few weeks.

Features will include:

All Schedule report - This is a printable report that shows all parts of the schedule file.

More Runtime Config - Additional runtime parameters have been exposed to help fine tune communications.

Additional Reports - Additional Report Logs have been exposted to better see errors and why.

BellVue for the MCS350 is the WinPal replacement and upgrade. No longer do you need to keep Windows XP running on to manage your MCS350. Get all the WinPal features and more with BellVue. Compare and Learn More about Bellvue and our free District solution BellVue Connect.

Its that time again, the first time Daylight Savings Time change of the year.

Did your bells ring correctly Monday morning?

Did your students have to wait for a technician to set the time correctly?

Did the secretary have use the administrator phone to fix it, after looking up the phone commands?

Would you like to have accurate time, every day?

If you answered no to any of these, then you need to look at BellVue. It uses Internet time, (NTP) to correctly maintain the system time every week. Also BellVue has a tolerance of +-3 seconds. Winpal has tolerance of +-59 seconds. That's a 10x improvement accuracy of time with BellVue. And each location in your school district can expect this level of accuracy.

If you wait, you can expect the next incorrect time change in the spring unless you act now to start saving time.

Thought it would be fun to post some pics on how the BellVue Appliance has grown. Its good to remember the past, and exciting to think of what the future holds. With each version additional features were added. Software became better, hardware became simpler and unit cost went down.

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BellVue Appliance - Current version. Solved addition problems with the move to USB Serial and only 1 network port. Added the Backup and Recovery USB with this version. Love the new decal to brand the device.

BellVue Appliance - Version 2. Wall mountable smaller, cheaper. Had the correct number of ports needed to make installation simple.

BellVue Appliance - Version 1. A simple 1U rack mount server. This one was cool because the arrows and screen (2x16) could change the bell schedule and system time. This feature was replaced with BellVue Mobile Site and your mobile device.